Comments on: Passwords which are bad for your health http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health Blog by Shlomi Noach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shlomi http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-12927 shlomi Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:21:26 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-12927 @smith, Thank you; do try not to do marketing on this blog. FIY, all links in comments have rel="nofollow" @smith,

Thank you; do try not to do marketing on this blog. FIY, all links in comments have rel="nofollow"

]]> By: smith http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-12926 smith Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:07:24 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-12926 shlomi , You are SPOT ON! Great Post! Thanks a lot for sharing a nice article on password, i had gone through the article really very nice and detailed review. To be secured its better to change the passwords very often. By the way These are some of suggestions when choosing the passwords: I know that coming up with a good password can be difficult, so here are some guidelines to use. * Choose a password that is at least six characters long. This should be long enough to discourage a brute-force attack. Currently, the maximum password length on many Unix systems is eight characters, but if you want to add a few more characters to make it easier to remember, go ahead. Just bear in mind that anything after the eighth character will be ignored (so ``abnormalbrain'' is the same as ``abnormal''). * In general, a good password will have a mix of lower- and upper-case characters, numbers, and punctuation marks, and should be at least 6 characters long. Unfortunately, passwords like this are often hard to remember and result in people writing them down. Do not write your passwords down! By the way for more information on Professional Training and Certification for Security courses check this link: <a href="http://www.eccouncil.org/certification.aspx" rel="nofollow"> <b> http://www.eccouncil.org/certification.aspx</b></a> shlomi ,
You are SPOT ON!
Great Post! Thanks a lot for sharing a nice article on password, i had gone through the article really very nice and detailed review. To be secured its better to change the passwords very often.
By the way These are some of suggestions when choosing the passwords:
I know that coming up with a good password can be difficult, so here are some guidelines to use.
* Choose a password that is at least six characters long. This should be long enough to discourage a brute-force attack. Currently, the maximum password length on many Unix systems is eight characters, but if you want to add a few more characters to make it easier to remember, go ahead. Just bear in mind that anything after the eighth character will be ignored (so ``abnormalbrain'' is the same as ``abnormal'').
* In general, a good password will have a mix of lower- and upper-case characters, numbers, and punctuation marks, and should be at least 6 characters long. Unfortunately, passwords like this are often hard to remember and result in people writing them down. Do not write your passwords down!

By the way for more information on Professional Training and Certification for Security courses check this link: http://www.eccouncil.org/certification.aspx

]]> By: enrique http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-9563 enrique Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:40:00 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-9563 nice article, i believe i should start paying more attention on my passwords, anyways i don't hide anything important nice article, i believe i should start paying more attention on my passwords, anyways i don't hide anything important

]]> By: Weekly Digest for December 27th | William Stearns http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8643 Weekly Digest for December 27th | William Stearns Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:09:57 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8643 [...] Shared Passwords which are bad for your health. [...] [...] Shared Passwords which are bad for your health. [...]

]]> By: Swapneel http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8387 Swapneel Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:57:46 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8387 I agree with the point you've made. We use the following command to create strong passwords, openssl rand 12 -base64 I agree with the point you've made. We use the following command to create strong passwords,

openssl rand 12 -base64

]]> By: domas http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8373 domas Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:20:52 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8373 why care about root password, when you can intercept required passphrase with gdb/dtrace/sniffer+mysql.user file read/etc? :) why care about root password, when you can intercept required passphrase with gdb/dtrace/sniffer+mysql.user file read/etc? :)

]]> By: Roy http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8354 Roy Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:45:31 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8354 @shlomi Naaaa just copy from a dictionary ! @shlomi
Naaaa just copy from a dictionary !

]]> By: shlomi http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8349 shlomi Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:05:45 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8349 @Roy, Need to study for 3 years to get that done? ;) @Raffael, Thanks for the link! @Roy,
Need to study for 3 years to get that done? ;)

@Raffael,
Thanks for the link!

]]> By: Raffael http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/passwords-which-are-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-1#comment-8346 Raffael Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:38:41 +0000 http://code.openark.org/blog/?p=1770#comment-8346 I often use http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/ when I am on a pc where I can not install pwgen or another similar tool. Maybe this link can help others too. I often use http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/ when I am on a pc where I can not install pwgen or another similar tool. Maybe this link can help others too.

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